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A Successful Calamity

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Rating
5.6
Status
Released
NR
Release Date1932-09-17
Runtime72 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.

Keywords
pianist
pre-code
high society

Cast & Crew

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George Arliss

as Henry Wilton

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Mary Astor

as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

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Evalyn Knapp

as Peggy Wilton

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Grant Mitchell

as Connors

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William Janney

as Eddie Wilton

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David Torrence

as Partington

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Hardie Albright

as George Struthers

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Randolph Scott

as Larry Rivers

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Hale Hamilton

as John Belde

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Fortunio Bonanova

as Pietro Rafaelo

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